On the Latitude Variation of Ammonia, Acetylene, and Phosphine Altitude Profiles on Jupiter from HST Faint Object Spectrograph Observations

Icarus

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 192-209

  Edgington, S G ^a   Atreya, S K ^a   Trafton, L M ^b   Caldwell, J J ^c   Beebe, R F ^d   Simon, A A ^d   West, R A ^e   Barnet, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0007428349     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5925     Document Type: Article

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